Inside Croydon

Simon Ghebremedhin has been found guilty of the murder of Marjama Osman, who he stabbed in her home on Frith Road in May last year.

Ghebremedhin, 33, of Streatham High Road, was found guilty by a jury at Inner London Crown Court. The police described him as “a devious killer”.

Police and emergency services were called to Frith Road, off Church Street in Croydon town centre, just after 9am on Saturday, May 31 last year, following reports of a stabbing.

BARRATT HOLMES reports on the Croydon Labour councillors who enjoyed a networking night out with the housing minister

Steve Reed OBE, the MP for Streatham (and Croydon North if he can ever be bothered), who has previously exhibited an appetite for generous hospitality at football matches, all paid for by the water industry (he was Labour’s lead on environmental matters at the time), has been enjoying curry dinners alongside housing and development lobbyists who happily paid £2,400 per seat.

Streatham and Croydon RFC, one of the oldest rugby clubs in the world, has launched an “emergency appeal” for funds to keep the organisation going.

The club has its own ground on Frant Road in Thornton Heath, but is a victim of the cost of living crisis at a time when its membership numbers are not generating the kind of income required to keep the club’s activities viable.

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Streatham Choral returns to Cadogan Hall with a vibrant performance of Joseph Haydn’s The Creation, one of the most joyful and imaginative works in the choral repertoire.

Inspired by Handel’s London performances, this radiant oratorio brings to life the wonder of the natural world through dazzling choruses, lyrical solos and richly coloured orchestration.

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Streatham Choral returns to Cadogan Hall with a vibrant performance of Joseph Haydn’s The Creation, one of the most joyful and imaginative works in the choral repertoire.

Inspired by Handel’s London performances, this radiant oratorio brings to life the wonder of the natural world through dazzling choruses, lyrical solos and richly coloured orchestration.

There’s a very special match being played tomorrow, between a parliamentary team made up of footballer MPs and peers, against the England Parkinson’s walking football team.

One of the players in the England team is Croydon resident Seth Gillman, who made his international debut on the team’s trip to Spain last October.

Tomorrow’s big match is to raise awareness amongst the nation’s lawmakers of the benefits of regular exercise and activity for People with Parkinson’s, or PwP.

After a hiatus in 2025, the Streatham Kite Day is back in 2026, this year being staged on Sunday, May 10, from 11am to 5pm.

The event is London’s only free family-friendly kite festival, and combines world-class kite displays with the opportunity to fly your own.

First staged in 1998 as “Wind Day”, thousands flock to Streatham Common to see the displays, fly a kite, enjoy the various attractions lined up for children, and also sample the delicious food and drink on offer at the stalls.

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For ticket bookings for The Sweet Science of Bruising and more information about Theatre Workshop Coulsdon, visit their website by clicking here

Click here to read Inside Croydon’s review of Theatre Workshop Croydon’s previous production, Animal Farm

And click here for a peek behind the scenes as TWC prepares to stage The Sweet Science of Bruising

The former DEFRA minister ignored all calls to nationalise the water industry. Now campaigners want to know why, and whether lobbying firm Global Counsel had any role in the matter

Steve Reed, the MP for Streatham (and Croydon North, when he can be bothered), who is already up to his neck in the Labour Together scandal that has engulfed the Labour Party in disgrace, is now being dragged back into the swamp of sewage that surrounds the water industry.

An Old Bailey jury yesterday heard how father-of-three Leroy Mitchell was shot in the head at point-blank range in an “act of petty revenge”.

Mitchell was 35 when he was killed at a silent disco in Birdhurst Road, South Croydon, in the early hours of October 2, 2021.

Despite a £20,000 reward offered for information that might lead to a conviction, arrests in connection with the shooting were not made until last summer.